Dollar

August 19, 2006

LONDON (AP) -- The U.S. dollar was mostly up against other major currencies in late European trading Friday. Gold fell. The euro bought at $1.2811, down from $1.2827 Thursday. Later, in midday trading in New York, the euro fetched $1.2813. Other dollar rates in Europe, compared with late Thursday, included 115.79 Japanese yen, down from 115.90; 1.2336 Swiss francs, up from 1.2324; and 1.1242 Canadian dollars, up from 1.1221. The British pound bought at $1.8785, down from $1.8841. In midday New York trading, the dollar bought 115.71 yen and 1.2326 Swiss francs, while the pound was worth $1.8812. Gold in London closed at $611.70, down from $624.80 Thursday. In Zurich, gold closed at $613.70, down from $623.48. Gold fell $16.40 in Hong Kong to $615.10. Silver closed in London at $11.89 per troy ounce, down from $12.31.